OPPORTUNITY AT QUEENS PARK LOWER SCHOOL
Borough Council
23rd November 2009
Queenâs Park Lower School, Bedford and Creative Partnerships wish to contract a creative partner to support the delivery of their creative learning programme.
Deadline for expressions of interest: 3pm Friday 11 December
From February to June 2010, Queenâs Park Lower School will be working in partnership with staff, young people and creative partners to produce inspiring learning activities that relate to the development objectives of the school and Creative Partnerships. Specifically, we want to explore how we might use our school grounds more for outdoor learning in the early years stage, perhaps aligned with a Forest School ethos.
Aims of the programme: to develop creative intelligence in children; to explore outdoor learning techniques and approaches; to develop staff confidence in outdoor learning; to identify the fitness of purpose of our grounds.
The Enquiry Question: How could we use our site for outdoor learning?
Selection Criteria â (this will be what we use to shortlist)
Applicants will need to demonstrate:
⢠A high standard in your current creative practice
⢠The ability to experiment and enable others to do the same
⢠The ability to work collaboratively with young people and others
⢠Excellent communication skills and habits
⢠The ability to reflect and revise and to enable others to do the same
⢠Confidence in outdoor learning
⢠The ability to work with very young children
Essential requirements
CRB Enhanced Disclosure â we can arrange this if you donât have it
Your own insurance as appropriate
Contractual information
The programme will run from February to June 2010 with Creative Partner fees paid at £200 per day, inclusive of vat, travel and expenses, for familiarisation, planning, project delivery and reflection and evaluation.
Exact dates and number of days to be agreed at the planning stage.
The programme will be delivered through a mixture of full and half day sessions in term time only.
Timetable
11 Dec 2009 3pm deadline for expressions of interest
16 Dec 2009 Short listing and informing candidates of outcome
12 January 2010 Interviews
3 February 2010 âPreparing For Partnershipsâ training/planning day
Feb to June 2010 Delivery of the programme â including monitoring and reflection
25 June 2010 Deadline for completion of reflection and evaluation
How to apply
Please email an expression of interest to Pat Austin at paustin@queenspark.beds.sch.uk by 3pm on Friday 11 December.
Your submission should be no more than two sides of A4, and should include:
⢠How you meet the selection criteria
⢠How you think your creative practice is relevant to our enquiry question
⢠How you feel you would gain from working on the programme
⢠Where we can see examples of your work online
⢠Reference details from two recent projects
Short-listed candidates will be invited for a friendly interview with staff and children at the school.
Further information
Creative Partnerships
Creative Partnerships is the governmentâs flagship creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of children and young people across England, raising their aspirations, achievements, skills and life chances. It is one of a number of programmes generated by the new national organisation Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE).
www.creative-partnerships.com
UK Centre for Carnival Arts
The UKCCA provides an exciting, pioneering and creative space for Carnival Arts to take root, to grow and to raise its status. Carnival encompasses creativity, culture and community. It has the potential to bring people together and bring about lasting change. The centre is a space where carnival artists and audiences can gather; where learning can take place; where skills and stories can be shared.
The UKCCA Learning and Participation Department offers a vibrant, innovative and varied education and skills programme which caters to the specific needs of the local community at all stages of education, engagement, age and ability. The UKCCA has a proven track record in the successful delivery of education and community projects, and has won funding to deliver the Creative Partnerships programme in 32 schools in Luton and Bedford.
Queenâs Park Lower School
Queens Park Lower School is a large lower school based on two sites, one of which is devoted to Early Years. There are around 160 children in nursery and reception and we have a site that offers stacks of potential for enhancing our childrenâs play opportunities and offering them bigger challenges and adventures outside. We are keen to develop their talk and their creativity. Most of the children have English as an additional language, the majority of the children are from Pakistani or Bangladeshi heritage backgrounds but increasingly a wider diversity of children are represented in our school population. We are especially keen to focus on the natural environment and natural materials to encourage child-initiated learning and story-making as well as increasing their confidence to take risks both emotionally and physically in a safe environment.
Our school website can be found at www.qpls.co.uk
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